Electric heater



J. LAVOIE.

ELECTRIC HEATER.

APPLICATION FILED Nov; 26, I9I9;

1,397,872, Patented Nov. 22, 192L PATENT? JGEPH LAVGE, DE' MONTREL, QUEBEC, Cills anne-"anic Heeren.

Speeieaticn of Letters Patent.

implication filed November 2S, 1,1119. Serial 2te. 340,953.

(GRANTED UNDER THE PRQVISIONS F THE AST F L'IARCH 3, 1321,

To all w/iom i may concern:

Be it known that JOSEPH Lavoie, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and residing at 165 Amherst street, in the city and District of Montreal, in the Province of Quebec, in the Dominion of Canada, have invented anew and useful Electric Heater, of which the following is the specification The invention relates to electric heaters as describedv in the present specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings that form part of the same.

The invention consists essentially in the novel construction and arrangement of, parts, whereby the heater is readily converted from a room warmer to a cooker and vice versa.

The objects of the invention are to furnish the public with an article that will meet the wants of the present day in regard to tenants of small apartments and rooms, where the space is limited and the conveniences lew and thus insure comfort for a 2 freat and numerous class of workers at a very moderate expense; to accomplish this purpose in a simple and effective way; and generally to provide a cheap, durable and eliicient heater.

ln the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the heater as a room warmer.

Fig, 2 is a perspective view of the heater as a cooking stove.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in each ligure.

Referring to the drawings. the shell of the heater is divided vertically and centrally in two parts 1 and and each is preferably formed at the top, so in meeting,r they form an arch, while at the bottoni end they are flat. The meeting inner framesl 3 and 4 are each preferably divided centrally by the bars 5 and 6 to forni a plurality of holes over which cooking utensils are supported.

The brackets 7 and 8 project outwardly from the shell at the upper ends of each halt in pairs and form legs in the cooker position, said brackets being joined by the rails 9 and 10.

The heating elements 11 and` 12 are inv il STAT. 1313.)

closed in the shell parts 1 and 2 and connected 'to the connecting posts 13 and 14 mounted in the base 15, the latter being formed of two similar ends standing on the legs 16, preferably forming part therewith and joined by the rails 17.

The frames 1 and 2 are pivotally supported in the base 15 by the pivot pins 18 and 19 or in any suitable way and are pref erably held to their upper position by the locking pins 20. and 21.

Any kind of screen fac-ings or grid coverings may be used according to the judgment of the maker.

' n the operation et the heater, the shell parts are held to their upper position by the locking pins and in use as a room warmer may be connected up to the source ot current and moved about as desired.

o convert the heater from a room warmer all that is necessary is to remove the locking pins and let the shell parts drop on to the brackets 7 and 8, which thus b come legs for supporting the cooking stove. There is no change necessary in the connections as these are not disturbed by the conversion.

Various changes may be made in the details ot' the construction without departing from the spirit orn the invention, and so longr as these changes are within the scope ot' the' claim for novelty following, the accorded shall not be invalidated.

W hat I claim is In en eleetric heater, a frame or formed ,in two parts folding together and having meeting faces in their closedpositions and in their open position formed for cooking utensils and lugs forming legs and Jfonder rail supports, a base, heating elements, electric connectors in said base and connected'to said elements and means for supporting said frames in their upright positions.

Signed at the city of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Dominion of Canada, this 21st day .of November, 1919.

f JOSEPH LAVOIE.

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